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to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix — 決める
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める

kimeru

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JLPT N4
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  1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

    EXAMPLE
    ()めるのは(きみ)次第(しだい)だ。
    It rests with you to decide.
  2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)

  3. to persist in doing; to go through with

  4. to always do; to have made a habit of

  5. to take for granted; to assume

  6. to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines

  7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing

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める
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める
きわ

kiwameru

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  1. to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something

  2. to investigate thoroughly; to master

    EXAMPLE
    フランス()(きわ)めるのは簡単(かんたん)ではない。
    French isn't easy to master.

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